Steinway Society. The Bay Area PIANO SERIES

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1 PIANO SERIES Steinway Society The Bay Area We look forward to another amazing, jaw-dropping, heart-stopping, tear-jerking set of concerts by some of the best pianists in the world. Byron Foster and Josie Wernecke steinwaysociety.com

2 Season Dear Friends and Patrons, Welcome to our exciting Season. Thank you for supporting Steinway Society s internationally acclaimed pianists as they bring beloved masterworks to our community. The Season begins with local treasure Jon Nakamatsu, 1997 Van Cliburn Competition Gold Medalist, now celebrated worldwide. October brings Korean pianist Jongdo An, soloist with renowned orchestras and regular guest at leading international music festivals. Russian virtuoso Vyacheslav Gryaznov, winner of the Rubinstein and Rachmaninoff Competitions in Moscow, plays an all-russian program in November. The celebrated piano duo Frei and Yerzhanov perform Romantic Period favorites in January, Exhilarating artist Alessio Bax, soloist with more than 100 orchestras since winning the Leeds International Piano Competition, will thrill in February. March presents the brilliant Boris Giltberg, who won First Prize at the 2013 Queen Elisabeth Competition (Brussels) and performs internationally with esteemed conductors. Italian pianist Beatrice Rana, Silver Medalist and Audience Favorite at the 2013 Van Cliburn Competition, lights up April. And, back in May by popular demand, the radiant Russian pianist Sofya Gulyak, the only woman awarded First Prize and Princess Mary Gold Medal at a Leeds International Piano Competition. Steinway Society s educational programs in Bay Area schools allow worldclass pianists to educate children about the joys of classical music. Please help us bring music to the schools. Simply visit our website to learn more. Save with a season subscription. Series-4 or Series-8 subscribers receive: 10% off (Series-4) and 25% off (Series-8) single ticket prices; $150 in San Jose restaurant coupons; a Thank You bottle of fine wine; invitations to In-Home recitals and meet the artist events; renewal of preferred seats; and free ticket exchanges. Donors and Sponsors benefits are available for tax-deductible donations. Steinway Society s mission is to nurture a love and appreciation for classical piano music. Please visit our web site for more about our artists and programs or to subscribe. Friend us on Facebook to help spread the word about rare opportunities to experience works of art that enrich our lives. Thank you again for your support. Sandra Wales President, Board of Directors Jon Nakamatsu Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. McAfee Theater, Saratoga Nakamatsu held the audience in thrall. San Francisco Classical Voice Since his dramatic 1997 Van Cliburn Gold Medal triumph, Jon Nakamatsu s brilliant but unassuming musicianship and eclectic repertoire have made him a clear favorite throughout the world, both on the concert circuit and in the recording studio. He has performed widely in North America, Europe, and the Far East. Mr. Nakamatsu has been soloist with many leading orchestras, including those of Detroit, Los Angeles, Rochester, San Francisco, Seattle, Tokyo and Vancouver. Numerous festival engagements have included the Aspen, Tanglewood, Ravinia, Vail, and Britt festivals. In 1999, Mr. Nakamatsu performed at the White House for President and Mrs. Clinton. Mr. Nakamatsu records exclusively for Harmonia Mundi USA, which has released 12 critically acclaimed CDs. His all-gershwin recording featuring Rhapsody in Blue and the Concerto in F rose to number three on Billboard s classical music charts, earning extraordinary critical acclaim. Jon Nakamatsu studied privately with the late Marina Derryberry from the age of six, and has worked with Karl Ulrich Schnabel, son of the great pianist Artur Schnabel. Mr. Nakamatsu is a graduate of Stanford University. Front cover photo: Concert Pianist Beatrice Rana, ELLEN APPEL-MIKE MORELAND/The Cliburn) Mozart BrahMS Schumann chopin

3 SuccoMedia/ALEXANDRA PAULI Jongdo An Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Today, Jongdo An is one of the leading pianists of his generation. Menahem Pressler, concert pianist and international piano competition juror. Mr. An was born in South Korea in He studied at Austria s Mozarteum University of Salzburg, where he received bachelor s, master s and postrgraduate degrees with the highest honor. He moved to Hamburg, earning a Konzertexamen degree with highest honor. After winning the prestigious Long-Thibaud-Crespin International Piano Competition 2012 in Paris (Concert with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France) and the Prix SAS le Prince Albert II de Monaco, Mr. An began a world concert tour, performing in such respected venues as Salle Gaveau, Paris, the Vienna Konzerthaus, and the Grand Hall D. Shostakovich in St. Petersburg, Russia. He has been soloist with renowned orchestras including Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, and Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. He is a regular guest at leading international festivals including the Salzburg Summer Festival, G. Enescu Music Festival (Bucharest), Musical Olympus Festival (St. Petersburg), Les Pianos Folies du Touquet (France), Festival Musique au Coeur du Médoc (Bordeaux), and Meissen Pianoforte Festival (Dresden, Germany). He has recorded for Sony Music and NDR Germany. Vyacheslav Gryaznov Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. There can be no doubt that Vyacheslav Gryaznov is one of the great wonders of modern pianism. Musical Life magazine R ussian classical pianist, transcriber and composer Vyacheslav Gryaznov (born 1982) studied at the Moscow Conservatory and is now an assistant professor in the Conservatory s Piano Department. He has won numerous prestigious competitions including the 1997 Rubinstein International Competition in Moscow (1st Prize) and the 1998 Italian To the memory of Rachmaninov Competition (1st Prize). He has performed throughout Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Asia and Europe, both in solo recitals and with chamber groups and orchestras, including the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra. He has cooperated with such major companies as the NHK Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (in a project comprising some 30 recitals, and CD and video recordings). Mr. Gryaznov is also known as the composer of numerous concert transcriptions for piano solo, piano four-hands, and chamber groups that have become popular all over the world. In 2014 he signed a contract with Schott Music, GmbH & Co., a leading classical and contemporary music publisher. He records for the Melodiya label. Boulez rameau Schumann Rachmaninoff Borodin (tr. GrYaznov) Tchaikovsky (tr. GrYaznov)

4 JILL STEINBERG Klara Frei and Temirzhan Yerzhanov Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. A memorable event in my life s concert experience. San Francisco Classical Voice Klara Frei studied at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and earned her Master s Degree at Switzerland s Basel Music Academy. She has performed to acclaim as a soloist and chamber musician in Europe and Russia. She and her husband, Temirzhan Yerzhanov, now frequently perform together. She taught piano in Switzerland, France and the UK before locating to the Bay Area, and her students were regularly accepted at top musical institutions, e.g., the UK s Royal College of Music. Temirzhan Yerzhanov launched his career in 1993 by winning the First Prize and Gold Medal at Germany s XI th International Robert Schumann Piano Competition. He also conducts opera and symphonic music. Mr. Yerzhanov has toured widely in Europe, Russia, France, the U.S, China and India, and performed with distinguished orchestras including the Moscow Radio Tchaikovsky Symphony. He has appeared in prestigious venues such as the Moscow and St. Petersburg Philharmonic Halls, Berlin s Konzerthaus, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Salle Gaveau in Paris and Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in New York. He records for Con Brio Recordings and Classical Assembly. Alessio Bax Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. The Menlo audience rose as one in ecstatic applause and cries of Bravo! Peninsula Reviews, Dr. Gary Lemco Alessio Bax graduated with top honors at the record age of 14 from the conservatory of his hometown, Bari, Italy. His playing quivers with an almost hypnotic intensity, says Gramophone magazine, leading to what Dallas Morning News calls an out-of-body experience. First Prize winner at the Leeds and Hamamatsu international piano competitions and a 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient he has appeared as soloist with more than 100 orchestras, including the London and Royal Philharmonic orchestras, the Dallas and Houston Symphonies, the NHK Symphony in Japan, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle. He has thrilled audiences across the U.S. (e.g., in Carnegie Hall and Washington s Kennedy Center) and partnered with violinist Joshua Bell for over thirty concerts in Europe and North and South America, receiving rave reviews. He appears frequently at prestigious music festivals, e.g., the Beethovenfest in Bonn, Verbier Festival in Switzerland, and our own Music@Menlo. His recordings have twice been Gramophone s Editor s Choice, as well as winning the Critics Choice award of American Record Guide. Schubert Schumann BrahMS MendelSSohn Beethoven Scriabin Rachmaninov Ravel

5 JULIEN FAUGERE Boris Giltburg Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Giltburg s genius is to bestow a unique character on every work he performs, freely and with thundering audacity. La Libre Belgique, 2015 B orn in 1984 in Moscow, Boris Giltburg moved to Tel Aviv at an early age. Having won the Santander Competition in 2002 and taken second (and audience) prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in 2011, he appeared with leading orchestras, such as the Israel Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Swedish Radio Symphony, and Danish Radio Symphony. He made his BBC Proms debut in 2010 and has toured regularly to South America and China. In 2013 he won first prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition (Brussels), with subsequent concerts in Vienna, London, Tokyo, Brussels and Seattle. He has worked with esteemed conductors such as Neeme Järvi, Edo de Waart and Christoph von Dohnányi. For the 2015/16 Season, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra invited him for seven concerts in their Rachmaninov series. Having initially appeared on the EMI Debut label, Mr. Giltburg released an acclaimed CD of Prokofiev s War Sonatas on Orchid Classics in In 2015, with the release of a Schumann recital disc, he began a long-term recording plan with Naxos Records. Beatrice Rana Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Rana s playing is exhilarating, extrovert and effortlessly virtuosistic. BBC Magazine B orn to a family of musicians in 1993, Beatrice Rana made her debut at age nine, performing Bach s Concerto in F minor. In June 2013, she won Silver (2nd Prize) and the Audience Award at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, having already attracted international attention in 2011 when she won 1st Prize and all special prizes at the Montreal International Competition. Ms. Rana is invited to concert series and festivals throughout the world, including Zurich s Tonhalle, Vienna s Musikverein, Paris Theatre des Champs Elysées, London s Wigmore Hall, Washington s Kennedy Center, the Verbier Festival and Klavier Festival Ruhr. She has played or is due to play with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Dresdner Philharmonie, with conductors like Zubin Mehta, Trevor Pinnock and Leonard Slatkin. Harmonia Mundi released an acclaimed live CD of her Cliburn performances, prompting Gramophone magazine to proclaim that she possesses... more than a touch of genius. Her 2015 album for Warner Classics featured Prokofiev s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Tchaikovsky s Piano Concerto No. 1. Beethoven BrahMS rachmaninoff Bach DebuSSY liszt

6 SUBScriBE now! SAVE UP TO 25% Subscribers get priority seating. Subscribe now to get the concerts you want, the best seats, and complimentary ticket exchange. Step 1: Select your Series and Seating Section Series 8 (8 concerts) Senior/ ADULT STUDent Section A $ $ Section B $ $ Section C $ $ Mini-Series 4 (4 concerts) Senior/ ADULT STUDent Section A $ $ Section B $ $ Section C $ $ Single Concert(s) Senior/ ADULT STUDent Section A $60.00 $50.00 Section B $50.00 $45.00 Section C $40.00 $35.00 Section A = Orch center/left Section B = Orch back or Mezz front Section C = Orch right or Mezz back Sofya Gulyak Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. Her one encore... brought a delighted audience to its collective feet. Peninsula Reviews, Dr. Gary Lemco Invited to return because of her shimmering 2015 Steinway Society recital, Sofya Gulyak, at the 16th Leeds International Piano Competition (2009), became, and remains, the only woman awarded the First Prize and the Princess Mary Gold Medal. Her other prizes include First Prize of the William Kapell International, Maj Lind Helsinki International, and Tivoli (Copenhagen) competitions. She has since appeared to great acclaim all over the world. A native of Kazan (Russia), she graduated with the highest distinction from École Normale de Musique de Paris and studied at the Royal College of Music. She has appeared with countless renowned orchestras, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, Leipzig Philharmonic, and Orchestre National de France, and with renowned conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy. Her festival appearances include Klavier Ruhr Festival, International Strasbourg Festival, Liszt Festival at Villa d Este, and Festival Chopin in Paris, and radio and TV broadcasts in 13 countries. She has taught master classes in China, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines and Hong Kong. She is a professor at London s Royal College of Music and records for Champs Hill Records. Lyadov tchaikovsky Shostakovich Medtner prokofiev Step 2: Fill in your selections from Step 1, # of tickets, and costs Series-8 Series-8 Mini-4 Mini-4 Single Single Section Adult Sr./Stud. Adult Sr./Stud. Adult Sr./Stud. QTY x Price = Subtotal A B C Pick a Series 8 and save 25% per subscription Pick a Series 4 and save 10% per subscription. Step 3: For Mini-Series 4 or Single Concert(s), mark your choices o #1 Jon Nakamatsu...September 11, :00 p.m. o #2 Jongdo An...October 15,2016 7:30 p.m. o #3 vyacheslav Gryaznov... November 12, :30 p.m. o #4 Frei and Yerzhanov...January 21, :30 p.m. o #5 Alessio Bax...February 5, :00 p.m. o #6 Boris Giltburg...March 11, :30 p.m. o #7 Beatrice Rana...April 8, 2017, 7:30 p.m. o #8 Sofya Gulyak...May 7, 2017, 2:00 p.m. NAME address city/zip phone (primary) o Wheelchair seating needed. o Check here if you wish to retain your current seats. BY MAIL: Steinway Society - The Bay Area 2055 Junction Ave., Suite 100 San Jose, CA P & H $ 5.00 Tax deductible donation $ ($50.00 suggested) TOTAL $ Ticket sales do not cover our operating budget. Please consider including a tax-deductible donation. Thank you. *Senior = 65+ Payment Method o visa o Master Card o Check Card Number Expires Signature Date Make check payable to: Steinway Society - The Bay Area BY FAX: (408) ONLINE: BOX OFFICE: (408)

7 Steinway Society - The Bay Area 2055 Junction Ave., Suite 100 San Jose, CA Where words fail, music speaks Hans Christian Andersen Bach Beethoven Borodin Boulez Brahms Chopin Debussy Gryaznov Liszt Lyadov Medtner Mendelssohn Mozart Prokofiev Rachmaninoff Rameau Ravel Schubert Schumann Scriabin Shostakovich Tchaikovsky Concert Pianist Alessio Bax LILIANA MORSA